He shook my dozing soul and threw the cold water of reality in my face, so that life and God and heaven and hell broke into my world with glory and horror. (on CS Lewis)

One of the great uses of Twitter and Facebook will be to prove at the Last Day that prayerlessness was not from lack of time.

In EVERY situation and EVERY circumstance of your life, God is always doing a thousand different things that you cannot see and you do not know.

Grace is not simply leniency when we have sinned. Grace is the enabling gift of God not to sin. Grace is power, not just pardon.

Sin is what you do when your heart is not satisfied with God.

Life is too short, too precious, too painful to waste on worldly bubbles that burst

The Gospel is not how people get to heaven. The Gospel is how people get to God.

If God's love for his children is to be measured by our health, wealth, and comfort in this life, God hated the apostle Paul.

God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.

The deepest and most enduring happiness is found only in God. Not from God, but in God.

Our deeds are not the basis of our salvation, they are the evidence of our salvation. They are not foundation, they are demonstration.

She was kahuna, creating more life around her than was actually there, heightening the momentousness of each living thing by simply gazing upon it.

خفض صوتك الى مستوى افكاريLower your voice

To mourn and bewail your ill-fortune, when you will gain a tear from those who listen, this is worth the trouble.

The first time I heard Clyde McPhatter singing with the Dominoes at the Apollo I just fell off my chair

You can only fall in love six times in your life. Choose wisely.

The Roman Empire came to an end, but the Roman people didn't come to an end, so I see the American Empire coming to an end just as other empires have come to an end.

I support basic research, which can lead to discoveries that change our world, expand our horizons and save lives.

When they called my name, I had this feeling I could hear half of America going, 'Oh no. Come on... Her, again?' You know. But, whatever.

Show me a writer, any writer, who hasn't suffered and I'll show you someone who writes in pastels as opposed to primary colors.

The greatest griefs are silent.